Name:
Vascular Plant Herbarium: Herbarium Generale
Name (fi):
Putkilokasvikokoelmat: yleiskokoelmat
Name (sv):
Fanerogamherbariet: almänna herbariet
Type:
Specimens
Description:
Vascular plant collections of the Botanical Museum, University of Helsinki (H): General herbarium (areas outside Finland, Russian Fennoscandia and Nordic Countries)
Description (fi):
Helsingin yliopiston kasvimuseon (H) putkilokasvikokoelmat: yleiskokoelma (Itä-Fennoskandian ja Pohjoismaiden ulkopuoliset alueet)
Description (sv):
Fanerogamherbariet i Botaniska museet vid Helsingfors universitet (H): almänna herbariet (områden utanför Östfennoskandien och de Nordiska länderna)
Taxonomic coverage:
Lycopodiophyta, Pteridophyta, Spermatophyta
Temporal coverage:
Late 1700's onwards
Notes:
1) Also specimens from other Nordic countries than Finland are counted in the number of the collection size of the General Herbarium, though they are placed in the same physical collection with Finnish and East Fennoscandian specimens (Herbarium Fennoscandicum).
2) All specimens of cultivated plants (also from the geographical area of Herbarium Fennoscandicum) are placed in the General Herbarium.
Geographic coverage:
Worldwide except for Finland, Russian Fennoscandia, Denmark, Iceland, Norway (incl. Svalbard), Sweden
Methods:
Dried specimens mounted on herbarium sheets
License for use:
Creative Commons Attribution
Size (approx.):
700000
Location of collection:
Botanical Museum, University of Helsinki (Unioninkatu 44, Yliopistonkatu 4)
Person responsible:
Väre, Henry
Location of data and backups:
Excel files (Museum intranet server) and Kotka
Amount of type specimens (approx.):
6000
Data quality:
5 star
Language:
mixed
Status of this metadata:
satisfactory – could be improved
Contact email:
henry.vare@helsinki.fi
Collection quality:
Professional / professionally curated
Share to GBIF:
HR.168
Share to FEO:
true
Institution code:
H
Bounding box latitude min (WGS84):
-34.356800
Bounding box latitude max (WGS84):
70.690000
Bounding box longitude min (WGS84):
-171.083300
Bounding box longitude max (WGS84):
160.000000